Secret pocket



M. HASPRUNAR.

SECRET POCKET.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAR. 11, 1920.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

INVENTOB @lfi/u. W ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATHEW HASPRUNAR, OF SOUTH NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

SECRET POCKET.

Application filed March 11, 1920.

ger of being picked by sneak thieves.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my pocket concealed behind a visible pocket.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same with the flap of the visible pocket raised.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sauie with the flap of the visible pocket raised and the front wall of the secret pocketdrawn outward so as to exposethe secret pocket.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the inner lining of a coat, having the outer wall of the usual inner breast pocket indicated at 2, and the flap thereof at 4. Said flap is provided with the usual button hole at 7 adapted to be engaged by the button 5. In Fig. 3, the numeral 6 indicates the curvature of the sleeve of the coat, by way of illustration of the ap proximate position of the pocket.

Behind the front wall 2 of the visible pocket, which rises to a height indicated by its upper edge 15, and between said wall and the lining 1, is situated an intermediate wall 21 which rises to a greater height than the front wall 2. Said intermediate wall 21 rises above the fold in the flap d, indicated at 16, when the said flap is raised to open the visible pocket. The purpose of this, of course, is to conceal the existence of the secret pocket when the visible pocket is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

Serial No. 364,880.

opened. Thus, as shown in Fig. 2, when the flap of the visible pocket is raised, the secret pocket remains invisible, and its existence would be unknown to all but the wearer of the coat.

On the underside of the flap 4 is provided the female end of a snap clip or fastener. 19,

and the male end thereof is attached to the upper part of the wall 21 of the secret pocket. Thus additional security is attained by the secret pocket; this clip is also invisible when only the flap 4 is raised.

On the upper end of the wall 21, on that side adjacent the sleeve line 6, I have attached a small band of rubber or other elastic material, one end thereof being attached to the said wall and the other to the coat lining 1. The purpose of this is as follows.

Jere said band not provided, it would be,

difficult for one to gain access to the secret pocket because its wall 21 rises above the wall 2 of the visible pocket. Therefore, by providing said elastic band, it is easy to draw out the upper portion of the wall 21 in order to insert anything or remove the same from the secret pocket. On release of the wall 21, the band 3 will again draw said wall back into its normal or invisible position.

For the purposes of illustration I have indicated the interior of the visible pocket by the numeral 18, and of the secret pocket by the numeral 18*.

I claim:

A device of the class described compris ing a secret pocket, concealed behind the visible pocket of a coat, said secret pocket being separated from said visible pocket, a wall between said secret pocket and said visible pocket, said wall, extending to a height above the lower extremity of the fiap of said visible pocket when said flap is lifted, means for releasably locking said secret pocket, and resilient means attached partly to said wall and partly to the coat lining to give resiliency to the opening of said secret pocket.

Signed at South Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut this 4th day of March A. D. 1920.

MATHEW HASPRUNAR. 

